Japan Retail Rice Prices Fall for 3rd Week in Row

The average retail price of rice in Japan fell 48 yen from the previous week to 4,176 yen per 5 kilograms in the week through June 8, down for the third consecutive week, the agriculture ministry said Monday.

Police arrested a 31-year-old man in the city of Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Monday on suspicion of murdering a then 21-year-old woman from Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, seven years ago.

Unabated accidents caused by wrong-way drivers on expressways in Japan highlight ad hoc measures' inability to root out such potentially fatal accidents, calling for full-fledged preventive steps such as interchange redesigning.

Orix Bank aims to extend 300 billion yen in lending to businesses in fiscal 2025, which ends in March 2026, its president, Kanji Teramoto, said in a recent interview.

The Japanese agriculture ministry on Monday announced the abolition of the rice crop yield index starting with this year's harvest.

Many areas of Japan, including prefectures and cities, are eager to host regional branches of the national government's envisioned disaster management agency, a signature project of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, according to a recent survey by Jiji Press.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Kananaskis, western Canada, on Monday to discuss the Trump administration's tariff measures.

Japan's Defense Ministry suspects that Chinese aircraft carriers recently found operating in the Pacific may have conducted drills for countering U.S. forces in the event of a Taiwan contingency.

Renault Group has said that CEO Luca de Meo will step down July 15 after a five-year stint, during which he worked to revise the French group's partnership with Japan's Nissan Motor Co.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived at Calgary International Airport in western Canada on Sunday to attend a two-day Group of Seven summit from Monday.